"Thank you, aunt," was all she could say. Her aunt moved away. Silently they went downstairs together. At about ten the next morning they were seated in the dining-room-- Aunt Anne, Uncle Mathew, Maggie, and Mr. Brassy. Brassy was speaking:
"I'm afraid, Miss Cardinal, that there can be no question about the legality of this. It has been duly witnessed and signed. I regret extremely .英文原著 · 《The Captives》
Cash got up and went to the doorway, looking out over Bud's shoulder at the spiritless donkeys trailing in to water. Beyond them the desert baked in its rim of hot, treeless hills. Above them the sky glared a brassy blue with never a could. Over a low ridge came Monte and Pete, walking with heads drooping. Their hip bones lifted above their ridged paunches, their backbones, peaked sharp above, their withers were lean and pinched looking. In August the desert herbage has lost what little succulence it ever possessed, and the gleanings are scarce worth the walking after.英文原著 · 《Cabin Fever》
"Get up," said the cattleman, and his voice was clear and brassy, like a bugle.英文原著 · 《Heart of the West》
The herald, with his brassy voice, again went the rounds, announcing the day's event and the tardy fulfillment of the boy's commission. Then came the bustle of preparation. The out-door toilet of the people was performed with care. I cannot describe just how I was attired or painted, but I am under the impression that there was but little of my brown skin that was not uncovered. The others were similarly dressed in feathers, paint and tinkling ornaments.英文原著 · 《Indian Boyhood》
"How's her head?" cried a bold and brassy voice, hailing the deck from the cabin staircase.英文原著 · 《Miss or Mrs》
"Are _you_ acquainted with the circumstances?" asked Turlington, retorting Launce's question on him, with a harsh ring of defiance in his brassy voice.英文原著 · 《Miss or Mrs》
AI 补充例句(附中文翻译)
She had a brassy personality and always spoke her mind regardless of the consequences.她有着厚脸皮的个性,总是直言不讳,不管后果如何。
His brassy comment at the meeting left everyone feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed for him.他在会议上那番无礼的言论,让在场所有人都感到不舒服,也为他感到尴尬。
I was shocked by her brassy behavior when she demanded a refund without any receipt.